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Residents allowed back after Minneapolis gas leak

Residents have been allowed back into a
section of Minneapolis that was evacuated after a gas leak.

Centerpoint Energy spokeswoman Becca Virden says the leak
happened just after 10 a.m. Wednesday near 14th and Franklin
Avenues in south Minneapolis. The evacuation affected a
two-block-radius area for around three hours.

About 30 residents were removed from their homes, and about 80
students at a nearby school were kept inside as a precaution.

Fire officials say a coupling failed on a gas main that dates to
the late 1800s.

Buses were brought in as temporary shelters for evacuated
residents so they could stay warm.